Reply #7: I'm trying out Linux Mint Katya first.

[TroubleMan]

It's basically ubuntu with all of the video stuff pre-installed.

I'm thinking of trying out some new ubuntu, too, because now it uses a different desktop. I want to try a few different ones out.

One interesting thing is that several pre-installed packages didn't work. I found out the problem was permissions. Thunderbird wouldn't work from the get go, and several other things weren't working. I checked the logs and it was all permission errors. I temporarily gave everything permission to access everything (yeah...I know), and then everything worked perfectly. Now I have to research and see what really needs permissions for what folders.

Thank you for all of the replies.